mediaconnect 6000 systems provide several distinctive attributes and features which make them ideal solutions for group videoconferencing environments.

    version 2.1 provides the following enhancements and abilities:

    ■ superior video and audio quality over ip and isdn

    videoconferences may be transmitted over ip at bandwidth up to 1.5 mbps.

    ■ media xchange management. support

    vcon.s media exchange manager. (mxm) provides centralized management of an organization.s videoconferencing network. if mediaconnect 6000 logs into an mxm server, it receives gatekeeper services, bandwidth management, and telephony functions, such as call forwarding, call pickup and ip-to-isdn connection through a gateway.

    ■ data and application sharing

    all parties can see and work together on the same program, and transfer files to each other. internal data sharing requires the connection of a vga monitor, in addition to the main tv monitor, to the mediaconnect 6000. external data sharing requires the additional connection of a second computer to the mediaconnect 6000.

    ■ quality of service (qos)

    vcon.s packetassist↑tmarchitecture preserves optimum quality of your videoconference according to available bandwidth and network traffic. mediaconnect 6000 applies mechanisms such as ip precedence to prioritize the video, audio and control bits, and diffserv to transfer packets according to the mediaconnect 6000.s specific needs.

    ■ interactive multicast

    using vcon.s interactive multicast, all parties in the videoconference see and hear the same video, audio, and data sharing. control over these streams, as a whole or separately, may be switched between the conference manager (chair), and the other parties (participants). the result is greater centralized control during a multipoint conference over ip, combined with interaction among all parties.

    ■ h.323 and h.320 multipoint videoconferencing

    in multipoint videoconferencing through a multipoint control unit (mcu), the parties may see and switch among the video of several participants, through functions such as continuous presence and voice-activated switching.

    ■ far end camera control (fecc)

    if you permit, the remote party may control the positioning of your camera.

    ■ ils support

    mediaconnect 6000 users may register with internet location servers (ils) which provide lists of other registered videoconferencing users who are online and who may be called.